Recognised as Colour

#FDEC06

#FDEC06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FDEC06 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 236, 6 and HSL 56°, 98%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FDEC06#FDEC06

HEX#FDEC06

RGBrgb(253, 236, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9255, 0.0235

RGB percentages99.2%, 92.5%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(55.9, 98.4%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 97.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 97.6%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,641,030

CSS custom property--colour: #FDEC06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.18:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#0213F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.6 Gold · ΔE 12.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.2 Yellow green · ΔE 37.7 Green yellow · ΔE 40.2 Orange · ΔE 42.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0617FD

Analogous#FD7106, #93FD06

Triadic#06FDEC, #EC06FD

Split complementary#0692FD, #7106FD

Tetradic#06FD71, #0617FD, #FD0692

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFBD0

Lighter +30%#FEF89E

Lighter +20%#FEF46B

Lighter +10%#FDF039

Darker −10%#CEC002

Darker −20%#9C9101

Darker −30%#696201

Darker −40%#373300

More saturated +25%#FFEE04

Less saturated −25%#DED125

Channel breakdown

R253

G236

Red253 (99.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue55.87°

Saturation (HSL)98.41%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G EC · B 06

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Colour values

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